University of Delaware Top Questions

I wish I had known how loans add up and how stressful money can be.

More about the financial aid department and how to effectively afford an education here.

I wish I had known UD was that large -I feel I could've prepared myself a little more.

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What I wished to know before I came to school was the consequence of not having much finacial aid, grants, or scholarships to attend a university, especially one out of state. And how a stuendt is forced to take out loans that accumulate to debts that are hard to pay back.

I wish I knew how many resources there are to help you academically. There are writing centers, teacher's advisors, academic clubs, and tutoring available - some at no cost - that can really help you earn the A. I also learned that there is a lot more to gain than just resume building in terms of extracurricular activities. Joining Student Government and playing a club sport and intramurals was the best decision I made. Doing just a little more research in what is available could have opened more doors for more friendship and opportunity than I already have.

I wish that someone would have told me how critical it is so socialize with peers in your dorm. Of course you will meet new friends in classes and extracurricular activities, but it is a different bond with the people you live with. I did not emphasize those relationships my first semester of Freshman year and am now trying to strengthen new bonds.

I wish someone told me how important it is to get involved with the school. It is very important, and crucial that freshman get involved early, and do a lot of things on campus. This becomes very important in the job hunt down the road.

I wish that I would had known how expensive it was. I understood that paying for out of state tuition was expensive but in the past year, the tuition has raised. I do wish that I received more financial aid. I found out once I was here that scholarships through the college are mainly offered to Delaware residents. I don't feel like this school is understanding to out of state students. I wish I understood that they do not offer scholarships to students with high GPAs and I have a 3.97 so I believe I deserve a scholarship.

I wish that I had known about all the amazing things that this school offers before I went there. Even after researching so much about the school there is still new things I learn about it everyday. There are so many unique classes, programs, clubs, activities, games, etc. offered at this school and its great to be apart of it all. Unfortunately, I missed a couple events and activities I would have loved to attend because not being aware of them. But fortunately, I have 3.5 more years to enjoy all the great activities I now know about.

It is alot harder than you expect. You really need to find a balcane between having fun and school work. Its an important thing you must leaarn quickly or you will not succed in college.

I knew that the campus is fairly big, but I wish that I knew the amount of walking needed when going to your classes. Being a person with a physical disability, walking long distances can be hard when you are in hurry and the shuttle buses need time to make it to each destination. Also, at times, I feel as though it is hard to find someone with the same ethnic background during events or social gatherings, although the University of Delaware is very diverse.

I wish I had known how hard it would be to concentrate in gigantic classes. Classes here tend to be in lecture halls with stadium seating, and most are taught with PowerPoint presentations. Needless to say, it's easy to lose focus and text or fall asleep in class when you know the professor doesn't care. I also wish I had known that it is not easy to make friends right away at a large school like this. You need to make an effort and get involved, but it can and will happen.

I wish I had known that all the kids here were more interested in drinking and partying every day of the week rather than academics. I wished I'd known that people here had daddy's credit cards and didn't understand the value of a dollar and seem appalled when you tell them you have to work because you support yourself in school. I wish I'd known that I should have just talked to a senior in my major as a Freshman since the academic advisors have no idea what they're talking about. The website Ratemyprofessor.com.

There is nothing especially that I wished I had known before I arrived at UD. The faculty and admissions office prepared all incoming students are provided us with plenty of information and availibility to ask questions.

I wish I would have known about the lack of diversity prior to entering this University. I also would have liked to explored the campus more extensively before enrolling because many of the buildings are very old and rundown inside.

I wish I had taken seriously the work load and the amount of time needed to be devoted to schoolwork.

This school has a great campus and many available resources to help with your studies. Some professors are easier to approach than others but in the long run they are there to help, take advantage of that! I came out of high school not prepared to have someone to ask you if you need help, you need to put 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} into your work and become active in study programs or groups of students from your major.

I wish I had known more about the life adjustment before I began attending the University of Delaware. I went to the same school for fourteen years, lived in the same house my entire life, and had the same friends all throughout school. Suddenly I was in a new environment and I had to learn how to live a somewhat different life. I was no longer the one being a friend, I was the one trying to make friends. Most things I believed to be true were challenged, but in the end it helped me become a stronger individual.

I'm attending a satelliute campus, and I wish someone would have told me that campus offers basically classes for only English majors and Criminal Justice majors. Becaues I am a chemistry major, if i continue to attend the University of Delaware, I will be 3 seme4sters behind, even though I have been attending college full time for 4 semesters. I just wasted 2 years of my life.